Flute Duet Flute - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1357770

By Emmanuel Pahud. By Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by Glenn Martin. 20th Century,Chamber,Children,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. Score. 5 pages. Cornelius edition #942266. Published by Cornelius edition (A0.1357770).

Ticklin' Toes from a set of three brief dances for piano solo by Florence Price arranged for flute duet.
A short rhythmic and syncopated piece ideal for performance and classroom study.

2 Pianos,4 Hands,Piano Duet - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1440150

Composed by Florence B. Price (1887-1953). Arranged by Mena Williams (b. 2002). 20th Century,Classical. Score. 90 pages. Mena C. Williams | The Unfinished Symphony #1020099. Published by Mena C. Williams | The Unfinished Symphony (A0.1440150).

In 1903, Florence B. Price (1887-1953) attended the New England Conservatory for piano, organ, and composition. When Price graduated from NEC in 1910, she returned to Arkansas, bringing music education to her hometown. Unfortunately, due to increased racially charged hostility within Little Rock, Arkansas, Florence Price and many other families who participated in the Great Migration moved to Chicago in 1927, where she found new musical studies and performance opportunities. The opportunity that launched Price’s musical career as a composer was when she won the Wanamaker Prize in 1932 for her Symphony in e minor and became the first Black woman composer to have a major orchestral work performed by an American orchestra. Four years later, Price composed Quintet in a minor for Piano and Strings. Within the Quintet, there are four movements, the “Allegro non troppo”, the “Andante con moto”, the “Juba”, and the “Scherzo”. Quintet in A Minor for Piano and Strings utilizes many of Florence Price’s trademark stylistic ideas, imbuing her music with harmonic freshness and a creative and organic structural approach as well as melodies that reflect her spiritual and cultural heritage, all stemming from how Price’s music brings together the European-classical tradition and African American spirituals and folk tunes. Florence Price was a deeply religious person who brought the music of the African American church and the influences of Romantic composers such as Dvo?ák and Tchaikovsky. Thus further resulting in the overall appeal of Price’s music. The captivating lyricism and juba (a dance that originated from plantation enslaved people in the Southern US) rhythmic devices.

Concert Band - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1389361

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Christian,Classical,Multicultural,World. 41 pages. John Ivor Holland #972946. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1389361).

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887, Florence Price received early musical training from her mother, going on to study at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1906 with a Soloist’s Diploma in Organ Performance, and a Teacher’s Diploma in Piano Performance. After completing her degree, Price returned back to the south to teach music and after about 20 years, moved her family moved to Chicago to ultimately escape the racial tension in the south. It was here that she was able to properly establish herself as a concert pianist, organist and composer. She composed over 300 works, including 20 full orchestral pieces and over 110 art songs, many performed by leading American orchestras and esteemed vocalists. Price was the first African-American woman composer to earn national recognition. Seen as a pioneer among women, she was celebrated constantly for her achievements.

Originally, written for organ, 'Adoration' (dating from 1951, just a few years before her death), is one of Florence Price’s best-known works, available in several different versions. Beginning in the 1930s, Price earned a living by playing organ in churches as well as in theatres. Adoration is a work of deep devotion and sincerity, a simple yet beautiful work suitable for church concerts and for remembrance/memorial events.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Alto Saxophone,Bass Clarinet,Bassoon,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1455685

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by Charles Decker. 20th Century,Chamber,Contest,Festival,Multicultural,World. 20 pages. Charles Decker Music Press #1034781. Published by Charles Decker Music Press (A0.1455685).

Prominent Black composer Florence Price’s Night arranged for woodwind quintet is as elegant and expressive a melodic setting as her famous Adoration. Substitute parts clarinet in B-flat for oboe, alto saxophone in E-flat for horn, and bass clarinet in B-flat for bassoon provide alternate instruments performance options.

To see our Music of Black Composers Series for Woodwinds enter “Black Composers Series woodwinds” in the search box at Charles Decker Music Press to see the entire series of arrangements for woodwind ensembles with composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, Will Marion Cook, James Reese Europe, Florence Price, James Johnson and others.

Concert Band - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1389302

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Classical,Multicultural,World. 188 pages. John Ivor Holland #972867. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1389302).

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887, Florence Price received early musical training from her mother, going on to study at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1906 with a Soloist’s Diploma in Organ Performance, and a Teacher’s Diploma in Piano Performance. After completing her degree, Price returned back to the south to teach music and after about 20 years, moved her family moved to Chicago to ultimately escape the racial tension in the south. It was here that she was able to properly establish herself as a concert pianist, organist and composer. She composed over 300 works, including 20 full orchestral pieces and over 110 art songs, many performed by leading American orchestras and esteemed vocalists. Price was the first African-American woman composer to earn national recognition. Seen as a pioneer among women, she was celebrated constantly for her achievements.

Composed in 1943, about 10 years before her death, 'The Oak' is an unpublished tone poem, perhaps more appropriately described as an 'orchestral essay', quite serious in tone and character. The foreboding opening slowly grows as more instruments enter the mix. The piece explores a number of different moods and atmospheres, from mysterious to more aggressive and irritated. Arranged for symphonic wind ensemble, 'The Oak' is a major contribution to the repertoire and deserves detailed attention - there are two different endings, the second, one that resolves quietly, is written in the score as 'the composer's preference'.

Brass Ensemble Bass Trombone,Flugelhorn,Piccolo Trumpet,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1304691

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by Jonathan Spencer. 20th Century,Chamber,Multicultural,World. Score and Parts. 21 pages. Jonathan Spencer #894132. Published by Jonathan Spencer (A0.1304691).

A beautiful melody composed by Florence Price. Price is noted as the first African-American woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Originally for organ, this has been arranged for brass ensemble - please note 4 trumpets and 1 flugelhorn should be used (5 total).

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1407735

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by Steven Nunes. 21st Century,Romantic Period. 183 pages. Nagamon Publications #990351. Published by Nagamon Publications (A0.1407735).

Florence Price(b Little Rock, AR, 9 April 1887; d Chicago, IL, 3 June 1953) was the first African American woman to win widespread recognition as a symphonic composer, rising to prominence (with William Grant Still and William Dawson) in the 1930s. After early training with her mother she studied composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Wallace Goodrich and Frederick Shepherd Converse (1903–6) and privately with George Whitefield Chadwick. She gained an Artist’s Diploma (organ) and a piano teacher’s diploma. 

 In her large-scale works Price’s musical language is often conservative, in keeping with the Romantic nationalist style of the 1920s–40s, but it also reflects the influence of her cultural heritage and the ideals of the “Harlem renaissance� of the 1920s–30s. To her art songs and piano music she brought a thorough knowledge of instrumental and vocal writing, colorful harmonies and exotic modulations.

The Oak from 1943 was originally written for orchestra and has been transcribed for concert band.  The PDF contains the full score and full set of parts.

Mixed Percussion B-Flat Tuba,B-Flat trombone,Baritone Horn TC/Euphonium,Bass Trombone,E-Flat Cornet,E-Flat Tenor Horn,E-Flat Tuba TC,Flugelhorn,Percussion 1,Percussion 2,Tenor Trombone - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1501391

By John Ivor Holland. By Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 20th Century,Classical,Religious,Sacred. Brass Band. 27 pages. John Ivor Holland #1077352. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1501391).

Originally, written for organ, 'Adoration' (dating from 1951, just a few years before her death), is one of Florence Price’s best-known works, available in several different versions. Beginning in the 1930s, Price earned a living by playing organ in churches as well as in theatres. Adoration is a work of deep devotion and sincerity, a simple yet beautiful work suitable for church concerts and for remembrance/memorial events. Arranged as part of an ongoing project to bring more music by women into the worldwide brass band repertoire.

Brass Quintet Flugelhorn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1382260

By Barclay Brass Quintet. By Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by David J. Miller. 20th Century,Christmas,Classical,Religious,Sacred. 9 pages. Sterling Music Editions #966774. Published by Sterling Music Editions (A0.1382260).

Florence Price originally composed Adoration for organ, and the piece has gained popularity in recent years with various arrangements for chamber ensemble. This version was originally written for High Bridge Brass, and features each of the members of the Brass Quintet in soloistic passages.

The work was originally published in December 1951 by Lorenz Music Publishing Co. of Dayton, OH in a serial called “The Organ Portfolio (Vol.15, No.86). Checking the copyright office database, using all of these parameters, it looks like there was no renewal for the volume in question. That means it entered the US public domain on January 1, 1980.

Piano,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1466337

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by Derek White. 20th Century. Score and part. 5 pages. Derek White #1044934. Published by Derek White (A0.1466337).

Originally a poem by Julia Johnson Davis, composer Florence Price set the words to music. Now this version has been arranged for tuba and piano.